Wall construction



March T5, I927.

E. RHODES WALL CONSTRUCTION Filed March 1926 1 INVENTOR. Eimer Rhodes k av ,gg

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; UNITED. STATE PA NT FF- e- ELMEn RHODES, OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA,

WALL CCNSTRUZCTIONQ i 1 Application fi1ed March'22,1926. serial 1%. es,4as.-

- the necessity forusing wooden .moldsfby constructing a hollow wall with retaining walls whichare left in place and which receive the concrete between them so that the retaining walls become a permanent part of the finished-wall after operating as molds for the poured concrete; One of the difficulties arising in this type of construction is the'provision of a simple'bond between the retaining ,walls. i

. The general object of this invention is to overcome these difficulties and to provide a construction which will avoid the necessity for employing wooden forms and which will operate to provide a substantial reenforcementifor the completed wall, not only providing a reenforcement for the concrete buteffectively anchoring the retaining walls to each other and to the concrete filler between them. Y 7' r A further object of the invention, is to provide a simple construction for such a wal-l'which will enable theface of thewall to be constructed with tilesor'covered with plaster, and to provide'for conduits in'the wall for wires or pipes.-v

Further objects of the pear hereinaften. V I H V The invention consists in the novel parts and combinations ofpartsto' be described hereinafter, all" of which contribute to produce an efficient wall'construction, 1 A preferred embodiment of the invention is described in the following specification, while the broad scope ofthe invention is pointed out in the appended claims.

fInthedrawing: p o I Figure 1 is a perspective showing a. short portion of a. wall embodying my' inveninvention will aption and illustrating the manner in which the bonding members which I employ may be built into the wall as itis being constructed.

blocks as mama the'wall.

It has been attempted to avoid I Figure 2is' ith, ofone of theretaining walls at one of the vertical joints and show-v ing' the adjacent edges .of two. abutting Figure is a, vertical section taken through the end of one of my bonding members and showing the adjacent portion of one of the retaining walls in which the end of the bonding member is secured.

Figure 4 is a vertical section taken through a reenforced concrete wall embodymg my invent on, and illustrating the.con.-'

struction which I employ. to enable the face of the wall' tocarry tiles or plaster.

Figure 6, is ,a plan of one of the bonding devices upon an enlarged. scale.

Figure 6 is 'a horizontal section through I a .wall embodying my invention and ilhlS-r 'trating means which I may employ where it is desired to form .a Wall including hollow tile to produce a duc t.

. F1gure-7 is a verticalsection throu'ghia mold and illustrating the manner in which I form'abuilding block "with tiles attached toits face- Figure 8 is a planjof-acorner of the mold illustratediniFig ure 7. f

In practicing the invention, I construct a wall of two retaining walls which are 'dis. posed apart. These walls are composed of blockslaid in corresponding courses,and the coursesjare' connected together by bonding members 'on'tieswhich are preferably laid into' the wall with the blocks. At opposite points the two corresponding courses, recesses are formed in which are secured the ends of the bonding members. In addition to 'this,'the inner; faces of the blocks preferably at the vertical joints, arev provided with bonding sockets into which the concrete fillerflowsf when the spacebetween the retaining walls is filled with concrete. In this way, theiconcrete itself flowsinto th'e sockets and a dovetail or interlocking connection is formed which. anchors the blocks together and to the concrete filler.

Referring to Figure -1,v 1 and 2 represent 7 two'retaining walls composed of blocks '3,

said blocks being disposed in correspondform ed of cement in a well known manner, andon their meeting faces oredges which form 'the horizontal joints 6 and the 'ver tical joints 7, tongues 8 are. provided. which t into correspondingg'rooves 9 in the oppositeblockb mg courses 4 and 5. These blocks are In laying thecourses tend which are opposite to "each other, the loloeksarelai'd so that the joints of one course are inter-.

mediate or' staggered with respect; to the joints of the other course. In applying my bondsvor bonding members, they are-:zprefo erahly applied so that one end of the bond is secured at the jointfino'neconrse and the other endiat an intermediate point. in

thenopposite dear-sees illustrated inFigv i-dethe a'bii-ttinfg "ends of'itwo blocks with a bifurcated recess Whi eh recei'ves'the forks 1' 1; offthebonding m'e'i nber "12 which l'ongated' te'el Ple sede eiw .v a has integral ears or: projections13ayhichfare struck down m th ef'ho'dy of theplate'ian'd the-'edgesnf these rojectionsfengage'the ni ger heigppositecpmses e m-geni Afterjthe retaining Walls have-"been j set 11p we li ree-a 7 suchftiles tofthe face 'of the 16 0'1:

"and co'nneeted hy' the bonding nfiiein'loer's ja's described th epspaoe between themis "supjpl'iiedwitha filler l7of c onjcretev In some situations;itis;desirah'le tojpro= is "molded, 'Figures'7 v andfSilltistrzite the nianner in w en, a ecimpfish this. glin t e fi'g s, rep s ts; an iflPI b the bottom offwhich iis "p'ro' v idedfwith aj pflural-ity of crossed Wires or-gui'de member -19, between-Which tiles 20;arelaid on'thehotftoinof si moid. fAtth e ends'andside iifalls of the mold, special wires 20 are provided which are of aloon-t! half [the I diameter of the wires l g jfThese Wires'operate'as.'gi1ide s in setting, the tile 2 0 in placel. The 'tilesare specially jforrned when moi ed sojthap teat tilehas one or nione interlockingrecesses 21. ,A recess or; socket of'this sainecha'n acter is illustrate'd atl22'in Figiire'l, Where it isutilized to facilitate the attachment of pla ster 23' (seefFigure Al iEaCh o f these sockets orrecesses is of bifnrcatedform and consists (at two "bores or; helfhores 24, one of whichrextends in "a downward direction and the other-of which extends an upward direction. l/Viththis'iarrangelrleflt,fi W l be evident that When'the meI 11aisifi1Ied with concrete 25 to form a bloiikQthe conre located a'tthe seas "r'neinher Crete will'flow into thereeesses21 the tilesf and lockthem to theifa ce o ftthe block. Likewise, when the plaster 23 is applied to the faceof the inner Wall 26, the plaster will have extensions 27 which project into the interlocking recesses soas to look the plaster to the face of the Wall.

Byrrfalring tliefiend and side Wires 20 of approximately half the diameter of the main wires; '19, A the space Between the tiles which 'tjthe weeks willhe sthe s aeetetwee'n s Way, the, jointsof Wall i i b telifii lyifi f em' the other tiles. In thr the "block s Strliich 1y 'npose the' otitside maybe entirely o-i'i'ealed. V

'fo'ri the "recesses IO and '16 in the "Le'dgesof 1e blocks,-t ey mayhe forinedfienl y? "in the courses which "are. P below the jho'njcjlin-g'fin ernher hr they inay he for-fried partly the iipper am se "and "partly "in thelo'fwe'r cours o In orderto rem additional interlock-or hond het tventhe filler i'f and the retaining Wall's I -prefertoiprotirde a societ es at fa downward directionfinto the lower course 'a horizontal-j oint"and'also; in enjupward "direction into the upper 'cofirse at the sa-nie joint. Byre'ason of'th'e "presence of these sockets '28, the "concrete filler 1 7 will i flew into the blocks at the joints an d form--a dove fq e. p v v 7' :In "some "instances, itinay hex'desii'ed to form a; wallfwitlr hollow spaces; Thi'sfiriay ailftongiiea -which hoiids the fil le'r t-o-"the he fdesired in "orderto from-tenders "for 1 carryingpipesfelectri light wire ete. iIn

sin-s ew; "sn'c has that illustrated in "Figure "6. This 'co'iistriiction consists in forming the inside-faces of the blocks with unden c'ut Ver'tica1' grooyes iiQ, These "groo' e's [are so spaced that when thefhlocksgztre laid in f'the retainiri fwfy'alls, they ivill'folin continuous f vertical grooves "on the inner 'faces of -fthe retainin Walls. These grooves, alflorfd e11- lit) portunity for securingfholl owti-1e in' place,

so as to form continuoiis vertical-conduits ;3,1 Each tile has a tapered'tOnghe'Onone of"-itsfcorners, which isfrece'ive'd' "in one of the *grooves, When the concr'etefil'ler 7-33 h 'forsuch "a Wall is "poured; it "should he inclijcatedjfhyth e"arro'iv fin Fignreifi. In this the pressure of 2 the concrete assists in holding the tiles in pl'ace until the concret esets.

It is understood that' theembodiment of the invention {described herein is o-nlyone of the many embodiments this, invention may" take, "and I 'do not to be limited in the practice' of the iiitiention, -"nor' the" e'laiins, to the particular "inhodinient set forth. i"

What I claim is: r

1. In .a wall construction, the combination of two retaining walls disposed apart and composed of blocks laid in corresponding courses with the vertical joints of one course disposed at an intermediate point with respect to the vertical joints of the corresponding course in the other wall, and transverse bonding members connecting the retaining walls, each bonding member having one end secured in one of the retaining walls at the junction of a vertical joint with a horizontal joint and with its other end secured at a point in the opposite wall at 'an intermediate point between the vertical joints.

2. In a wall construction, the combination of two retaining walls disposed apart ,and composed of blocks laid in corresponding courses with the vertical joints ofone course disposed at an intermediate point with respect to the vertical joints of the correspond- 1 v 7 mg course in the other wall, the adjacent ends of the'blocks in the horizontal courses point/between the vertical of either wall having recesses formed therein, and transverse bonding members connecting the retaining walls, each bonding member having one end secured in one of the said recesses and having its other end secured at an opposite point, with a recess to receive the sam-ein the opposite wall at an intermediate joints of thecorresponding courses.

3. In a wall construction, the combination of two retaining walls disposed apart and composed of blocks laid in corresponding courses with-the vertical jointsof one course disposed at an intermediate point with respect to the vertical joints of the'corresponding course in the other wall, the blocks i of a course in one retaining wall having recesses in their upper edges at a vertical joint, and the blocks of the corresponding course of the opposite retaining wall having recesses formed in their upper edges at.

intermediate points between the 1 vertical joints of the course, and transverse bonding members laid into the walls between the courses and secured insaid recesses.

4. In a wall construction, the combination of two retaining walls disposed apart and composed of blocks laid .in corresponding courses with the vertical joints of one course disposedat an intermediate point with respect to the-vertical joints of the corresponding course in the other wall, the upper edges of the blocks of the courses having sockets formed in their inner faces at the vertical joints between the blocks, and a filler between the retaining walls extending into said sockets and locking the blocks to the filler at said joints. I v 5. In a wall construction, the combination of two'retaining walls disposed apart andv composed of blocks laid in corresponding I courses'with the vertical joints of one course disposed at an intermediate point with respect to the vertical joints of the corresponding course in the otherwall, the upper edges;

of the blocks of the courses having sockets formed in their inn-er facesv at the vertical joints between the blocks, a filler between the retaining walls extending into said sockets and locking the blocks to the filler at said joints,the said edges of the blocks at the vertical joints also having recesses and the corresponding course of the opposite wall having a recess in the edge of the opposite block at an intermediate point between its,

vertical joints, and bonding members secured in the said recesses and embedded in the,

filler. I

6. In .a wall construction, the combination of two retaining walls disposed apart and composed of blocks laid in. corresponding courses with the vertical joints of one course disposed at an intermediate point with respect to the vertical joints of the correspondmg course in the other Wall, the upper edges of the blocks of the courses having sockets formed in their inner faces at the vertical joint-s between the blocks, and a filler between the retaining walls extending into said sockets and locking the blocks to the filler at said joints,'said bonding'members having projections engaging the-inner faces of the of two retaining walls disposed apart and.

composed of blocks'laid in courses, .a conduit consisting of hollow tiles laid end to end against the inner face of one of the retaining walls, said tiles and the last-named retaining wall havinginterlocking means, a

filler between the retaining walls and embed ding the. conduit, and bonds connecting the 1 retaining walls embedded inthe filler.

Signed atLos Angeles, Calif., this 12 day of March 1926,

I ELMER RHODES.

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